Gut And Liver Health

The gut is not like Las Vegas: what happens in the gut does not stay in the gut!”

Interesting facts about the gut:

1. The lining of the gut is the largest interface where genes and environment interplay.
2. We host approximately 1.5 kilograms of bacteria in the gut. The gut bacteria have an important role in our genetic expression.
3. Healthy gut bacteria is involved in the body detoxification, vitamin synthesis, body defence
4. Abnormal gut bacteria is associated with obesity and cardio-metabolic diseases
5. After 1 course of antibiotics it can take over six months for the gut bacteria to re-balance.
6. The loss of integrity of the lining of the gut (“leaky gut”, increased intestinal permeability)) is associated with auto-immune diseases: celiac disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes.
7. Cancer has been associated with increased intestinal permeability
8. Alzheimer’s disease, autism and psychiatric conditions have been associated with abnormal gut bacteria and increased intestinal permeability.
9. Causes of increased intestinal permeability: